This presentation talks about the Core Concepts of E-governance

1. HUL291: Electronic GovernanceHUL291: Electronic Governance
P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan
MS 624 | vignesh@hss.iitd.ac.in
http://groups.google.co.in/group/egov_iitd
Agenda
• Government
Definitions & Types– Definitions & Types
• Governance
• Electronic – ICTs
• E‐governance
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Government
• Subject matter of political science
• Meanings
– Process of governing / authoritative exercise of
power
– Existence of the process / condition of ordered rule
– People who fill the positions of authority
– Relationship between government & governed
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Govt. (Contin)
• Sovereign state• Sovereign state
– Important, but not mandatory
• Offices & roles
– Legislature (rule makers)
– Executive (implementing )
– Judiciary (interpretation and application)
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2. Types
Criterion
• Arrangement of offices• Arrangement of offices
– Between offices legislature & executive
l i hi b l &• relationship between people & govt.
– Level of coercion
• Liberal Democratic ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Totalitarian
– Military, monarchy, dictatorial, single party,
parliamentary, presential….
• World map
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Governance
• Act of governing
• First used by Plato – Greek ‘kubernáo’ = toFirst used by Plato Greek kubernáo to
steer
• Central ideas• Central ideas
– Accountability; legitimacy; & transparency
B d li l l f• Broader term applies to any level of system
that is governed
– Corporate governance & “Satyam”
• Changes ‐ role of state & the way it exercises
power
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Electronic
• ~ Information & Communication Technologies
(ICT )(ICTs)
• Included: Radio, TV, telephones, mobile, PC,
Internet
• How do you interact with government through y g g
mobile?
– Example: Kohlapur, PDS, SMSp p , ,
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Electronic governance
• Definition is evolving
• Use of ICTs in governance
• Broader in scope than e‐governmentp g
• Importance to citizen engagement
• Dependent on ICTs State society external• Dependent on ICTs, State, society, external
conditions (Globn.)
M l i l i• Mostly in relation to government
– Which the course adopts
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3. E-gov Conti..
• Possible tensionsPossible tensions
– efficiency Vs bureaucracy
transparency Vs control– transparency Vs control
– empowerment Vs disempowerment
centralization Vs distributed provision– centralization Vs distributed provision
– commercialization Vs regulation
it V– community Vs anomy
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References
• Robinson, M. 1996. Governance, p.347‐348.
• Curtice J 1996 Government p 348‐349Curtice, J. 1996. Government, p.348 349.
– In: Kuper, A. and Kuper, J. 1996. The Social Sciences Encyclopedia,
London:Routledge.
– @ Sharma Photostats
• Rossel, P. and Finder, M. 2007. Conceptualizing e‐Governance. ACM
International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 232, Proceedings of g ; , g f
the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic
governance, Macao, China.
– Uploaded in the egroupUploaded in the egroup.
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• Clarifications?
• Questions?
• Thank you!
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World Governments
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